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• Safeguarding sensitive data: Essential practices for businesses
  In today's interconnected digital landscape, information sharing is a fundamental aspect of business operations. However, the exchange of data comes with inherent cybersecurity risks, making it vital for organizations to adopt robust measures to protect sensitive information. This installment of the "Reducing Risk" series focuses on how careful review and encryption of sensitive data before […]
  Bruce Phillips
• loanDepot’s Frank Martell on building lifelong consumer relationships through technology
  In this week’s episode of the Power House podcast, HousingWire President Diego Sanchez sits down for a tantalizing conversation with Frank Martell, the president and CEO of loanDepot, to discuss the company’s profitability in the third quarter of 2024 and its Project North Star growth plan for 2025.
  Kennedy Edgerton
• Housing market data positive despite Powell’s Grinch act
  Fed Chairman Jerome Powell played the Grinch last week, but there are plenty of positive signals in the housing market data headed into 2025.
  Logan Mohtashami
• Two charts that explain why Texas housing markets have stalled
  Relatively cheap housing, low taxes, looser COVID-19 restrictions and an influx of major employers turned Texas housing markets into hotspots after the pandemic began in March 2020. 
  Jeff Andrews
• 5 best online Florida estate schools for 2025
  We rigorously reviewed the best online real estate schools in Florida to help you launch a new career with ease and confidence.
  Sara Stover
• Anywhere settles lawsuit tied to Telephone Consumer Protection Act complaint
  After more than five years of back and forth, Anywhere and the plaintiffs in the Bumpus Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) suit have finally reached a proposed settlement.
  Brooklee Han
• Investor purchases are sinking with the housing market at large
  According to data from CoreLogic, investor purchases have tracked closely with consumer home sales, and the share of home sales attributable to investors is down as well.
  Jeff Andrews
• Keller Williams expands in Milwaukee with addition of Houseworks Collective
  Keller Williams will add Milwaukee-based Houseworks Collective, a leading real estate team that has $118 million in sales volume since 2023.
  Kennedy Edgerton
• Trade groups push for flood insurance extension ahead of potential government shutdown
  With a federal government shutdown looming, housing and insurance groups are urging an extension of the National Flood Insurance Program.
  Flávia Furlan Nunes
• Rocket Companies’ Bill Emerson on HUD lawsuit: ‘We want the correct party responsible, not us’
  On the HousingWire Daily podcast, Rocket Companies President Bill Emerson details the company’s recent lawsuit against HUD.
  Kennedy Edgerton